Hua Hin Forum

Worst one we had was entering the US in Denver on a flight from Germany. My wife was on a tourist visa at the time, but we went through the Citizens and Immigrants line together (As families have the right to do in the US) Nasty fugly b!tch behind the counter processed my passport, stamped it, retu...

Also find driving much less stressful in Thailand than US and many other western countries. There is very little honking, tail gating and almost no road rage. Come again, very little tail gating or honking - seriously? My gf can't drive far before the horn get's going. Drives me nuts! I'll more or ...

What town/city in NC will you be near? Pete We're in the southeast corner of Charlotte, actually closer to the downtown area of a beautiful small town called Matthews. Since people have asked, the move had a few hitches, mostly with the shipment from Thailand and that on the coldest day in February...

I moved to a Greek island for 3 years before moving back to the UK. Which Greek island and how would you compare living there to Thailand? I used to have romantic notions of settling on a Greek island but much of Greece outside of Athens seems even less developed than Thailand and more than 2x the ...

magsandbilly wrote: We currently live in Hong Kong and deal with the Asian issues all the time.

What Asian issues do you have to deal with all the time?

How about the adjustment for your wife? Is she the only Thai person in town let alone one of the few minorities? Does she feel isolated? No problem, she's a U.S. citizen who lived in both California and Florida before we moved to Thailand. She always finds Thai friends and always finds employment i...

Not at all. Thais, by and large, are the most welcoming of any I've come across. Great weather, polite/friendly people low cost and good food. In fact, I dont really miss any of the western foods i regularly consumed back in the US(wine, steak, cheese, pastries, cakes, etc) and feel much healthier. ...

What town/city in NC will you be near? Pete We're in the southeast corner of Charlotte, actually closer to the downtown area of a beautiful small town called Matthews. Since people have asked, the move had a few hitches, mostly with the shipment from Thailand and that on the coldest day in February...

JamesWest wrote:...live in a three bedroom Thai house for 11,000 baht 100 yards from the beach..

How easy is it to find a house in Hua Hin so close to the beach for that much?